That's a lot of hunters in Indiana, and as I've pointed out several times, even if there were ZERO bonus antlerless permits, every hunter in this state could still kill 4 deer per season.
Glad someone else sees that. I don't pay much attention to all the stats….but I think I read that on average, a deer hunter kills less than, or right at two deer per year. And if the "average deer killed per hunter" is two or less…..WHY even have the ridiculous bonus numbers above 3 or 4….or ANY above the 4 we can kill without the bonus for that matter??? For the very small % of hunters that just like to kill deer to be killing?? We are obviously in a era of deer decline (by design). If that in fact is the case….WHO is killing all the deer????? Or is it…just maybe we don't have all the deer that the powers to be THINK we have…... [/b]
According to Chad Stewart's Ten myths of deer hunting....
Indiana historically has had high antlerless limits available to all hunters. Hunters have been allowed to harvest eight antlerless deer in many counties. These limits are high to allow individuals experiencing deer problems the opportunity to solve their problems in the hunting season. It is not meant to be a limit that is reached by all hunters, and it rarely is reached. Despite high quotas in some counties,
Surveys repeatedly show the vast majority of hunters (85 percent) take three or fewer deer, and less than 1 percent ever take eight deer in a season.
The chart showing this data is on page 28 of the link below...
